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Selected Brighton Magazine Article

Saturday 12 January 2019

Wild: An Everyday Unique Experience Brought Out Into The Open In Brighton

Creators of stage showWild, Laura Mugridge and Katie Villa, want us to think about that thing we have all been through, but very few of us talk about, through a bold, riotous and strikingly visual show.

Katie and Laura recognise that birth isn't always the dramatic trapped-in-a-lift event or the white and fluffy experience we're shown by the media and that this binary may be contributing to a very real sense of failure for a lot of mothers.

They've worked with women and birth professionals to discover the real, funny, emotional, empowering, complicated and unique stories everyone has.

Katie says:"Talking about birth feels like it doesn't need to be this hard. What if we could change that? What if we got rid of the pressure?

"It feels like we don't have the right words for something so complex and individual. We want our audiences to rewrite the rules together .. "

The conversation continues beyond the theatre with Stitch, a pop-up exhibition of embroidered birth stories.

The pieces have been created over a series of workshops with mothers, where they could share experiences and create pieces which reflect their own unique birth story.

And it doesn't stop there – Wild is going to healthcare conferences too so professionals can be inspired to change their own practices.

Warning: the show contains references to birth, trauma and post-natal illness.

'Wild' is coming to Sweet Venues, Brighton, on Saturday 9th March 2019. For infoCLICK HERE.

Brighton-based musician, promoter and studio owner, Stuart Avis, recently sat down with Steve Hackett, who, as one fifth of Genesis during their 1970's prime prog phase, has gone on to build himself a reputation as one of rock's leading and most innovative guitarists.

The Ballad of Johnny Longstaff is the story of one man's adventure from begging on the streets in the north of England to fighting against fascism in the Spanish Civil War, taking in the Hunger Marches and the Battle of Cable Street.

In 1978, after having sold millions of records and become one of the biggest international artists of the 1970s, Cat Stevens decided to step out of the rock star spotlight and walk away. That year, he was to release his final album under that name.

Brooklyn-based band Air Waves' new album, Warrior, is about being a Warrior in a queer body in this political climate, lead-singer Nicole Schneit's mother being a Warrior fighting chemotherapy, and being a Warrior in relationships.

Written just a year apart, Lone Star in 1979, Laundry & Bourbon in 1980, the plays share the same setting, themes and connected characters and, not surprisingly, are usually presented on the same bill.

The Emily Brontë Song Cycle is a new work commissioned by the Brontë Society, written and recorded using Emily Brontë’s piano in her home, by composer, pianist and producer Adrian McNally of the band The Unthanks, and performed with sisters Rachel & Becky Unthank.